Dot your i's, cross your t's. Fine-tune
your memoir by making sure all the nitty-gritty stuff is in order.
While the following lessons on grammar and punctuation may seem
obvious to some, serious writers take the mechanics of writing seriously.

“When
proof-reading, I feel it is best to use a fresh eye to catch errors;
so I asked peers, friends, teachers, and my family to read the
story and point out errors or awkward passages. Then I reread
the story in a few days.”